8 Reasons Why We’re Still Playing Dead Island

Dead Island wasn’t quite what everyone was expecting once it finally launched in September of last year. With the beautifully constructed announcement trailer Techland released fan expectations were running extremely high.

Sadly, what they delivered wasn’t quite what everyone was expecting. Yet, that’s not to say many us didn’t enjoy it, because it still managed to give players a zombie game that was purely fun to play. Sure the controls weren’t quite polished off, and the story was certainly not the emotionally charged ride we were expecting, but hey, there’s just nothing quite like curb stomping a zombie in Dead Island.

Needless to say, we’re still swinging our machetes away at the living dead. Roaming the many locations that the infected island has to offer provides a great opportunity to utilize many of the game’s features, and leaves us searching for many of the game’s collectibles. This list isn’t in order of particular importance, it merely serves as eight solid reasons that Dead Island keeps us swimming back to shore for the zombie apocalypse.

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bought the game when it came out, played for about 3-4 weeks then the bugs, glitches and trophybugs forced me to lay the game down and never touch it again. also, a sequel i will not touch unless it will be a completely different development team. the ones that made dead island did not have enough decency to check out the special features of every console and pc they released their game. i find this approach to the business ultra-lame and moneygrabbish. the game could have been the epic masterpiece this article is suggesting. instead it became a flash in the pan.

I have to agree with Myx, I purchased this on release for PC, but the bugs made it unplayable, even with a top of the range PC.People were having to download separate programs to try to get it to run. Its a shame because it seemed to be a good game, But I cant bring myself to go back on it now. I didn’t even get that far in before the errors and bugs drove me mad.

Alright, I’m gonna be the one to back up this post. This game was amazing, had problems at launch connecting online to your friends? You probably were missing a bit of intelligence then, the simple fix was to run hamachi and BOOM, connectivity. My favorite at launch and as I restart the game now will always be Logan. Mainly because of the skill that spread elemental effects to nearby enemies when your throw crits. Nothing beats killing zombies like throwing a lightning imbued katana and electrifying a horde in one blow. Now this gave me the most fun in the game, even tho it was a glitch and it’s fixed now. You were able to dupe your weapons by throwing and dropping. Combine this with your low durability developer modded homerun bat and let the good times fly (literally). If you threw the homerun bat at a zombie and it crit, nothing in the game could top a players first reaction to a zombie ragdoll being flown brutally through the air. All in all, I love this game and wish I had a group to start the game with again.

I just waited the standard couple of weeks before buying the game, because like most new games, there would be some bugs, and like most games, a patch was sent out. I had no problems with glitches, and have now finished the game for a second time. The graphics were amazing, and the story, while lacking some emotion, didn’t hurt. Building skill trees is awesome, and the co-op was the most fun I’ve had with a game since Borderlands!
Some of the Easter eggs made me laugh hard!

Like most games this size, people have to realize that there will be a few bugs, and that they will get patched. For those that were too impatient to wait, you missed out on a great experience

Nice cheap shot you took at Lollipop chainsaw there mate, the game isn’t supposed to be taken seriously like Dead Island so of course there is going to be rainbows and butterflies, its a Suda 51 game you know?

I put the game down after two months just cause there wasn’t enough replayability in it for me to keep playing (Bloodbath Arena didn’t do it for me and still wondering if the Ryder White Campaign is worth playing).

This game in hindsight was overhyped and a lot of people would have been disappointed when the game came out after such a heartwrenching trailer with the family being attacked by zombies.

Combat was alright though they could have tweaked the amount of stamina a kick drained. Weapons were varied, mods offered numerous ways of choice in which you wanted to massacre zombies with. And the Developers mods gave some rather intriguing weapons, the Left hand of Glova you refer to is a easter Egg of Bioshock’s Electro Bolt.

While the game was by no means bad, I don’t think it was really GOTY material either, it still has a ways to go before it becomes a game for the ages.

I was so amp’t for this game when I heard it was coming out.
And then I got it on PS3.

It’s probably the most disappointing zombie game out there.

The first sign that all was not going to be well was that first “decision” the game asks you to make: “Go outside and fight or stay in the hut”. You can stay in the hut but the game stalls. No consequences. No change in the story line. You’re stuck in the hut with the freaks until you leave it. That and the fact that I didn’t die for 6 hours. BTW, the reason I died? I left my character standing in the open while I played with my cats. Also, we got swimming pools and oceans in this game but we can’t swim? And what’s with the rock-solid inflatable sun-beds floating in the pools? Have you tried hitting one of those things? They sound like bricks.

A massive disappointment on almost every level. I won’t be picking up the sequel. I’ll wait for “The Last Of Us” instead.

I was really looking forwar to this game when I heard about it, then forgot about it….
Then I found out it was allready released, got it for my pc and loved it to the core, I have been playing for some months now and still enjoy it

This was exactly what I want from a zombie game, allot of free space to explore, allot of zombies, allot of weapons, being able to build up a character and more
Plus I love the island scenery, the beautifull beach, the sunshine, its such a contrast with all the blood and zombies, very unlike most other games, I still have to check out the multiplayer, but that is going to be aswome since I watched video’s of people playing together.

I can understand that not everyone will like this game, but I think every zombie lover must give it a chance ( try it out at a friends house or something )

i say to this, yes dead island had , and in a way still has potential, yes the bugs killed it for alot not to mention when u drop like 10 lvls or lose all data.
but i say this, i can agree to haveing an un bugged dead island 2 lol, but may i sujjest
: a manual save lol
: charicter creation (pik a class and make ur charicter) or at least costumes, it is kinda tedious to run around with 2-3 others that look “exactly” like ya lol

and thats just about it from what i see, o and cross platform play would be cool aswell
(i play ps3 and i see “sorry this person is on a different consol” ..?

Bought the GOTY edition about a week ago and ive played it none stop, so far i havent encountered any problems and for £15 brand new it was practically a steal. Although the quests do get a little repeatitive i still enjoy playing through the game as there are plenty of zombies to smash in the face. I would give this game a rating of 7/10 purely because its a fun game to play if your with friends online but rather disappointing if you have to play through it alone.

People who bought this game and left playing after some weeks due to all the bugs that the game had and still don’t play it are silly. The game has a new patch that fixes almost every bugs. Play it and have fun. What is most awesome in this game, is that there was nothing like this before. I just hope that the main story can be more exciting :P

I found myself giggling like a loon at some of the halfbaked ill conceived comments. I am an utter Dead Island zealot. The game worked with no play stopping bugs right from release day. I dont have an amazing rig either (duo 8500 processor/gtx 460 g.card /4gb ram/win xp)but i always have upto date graphics/audio drivers. The main thing amongst the many that make this a real winner is the replay value. No matter how many times i’ve played through till the finish, I seem to want to play it over again in a different style with a different character. RIPTIDE….Bring it on.